The Motley Fool

JULY 9, 2023

If so, investment bank analysts on Wall Street can think of a few they'd like you to consider. The average target for this e-commerce, video game, and financial-services conglomerate suggests a 71% gain could be around the corner. Are you looking for growth stocks that can outperform in the year ahead?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Then, Motley Fool analyst Buck Hartzell joins host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp to kick off a series on Berkshire Hathaway , and how the conglomerate's collection of businesses work together. To get started investing, check out our beginner's guide to investing in stocks.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I was actually running the Investment Banking Club at BYU, and you know, thought I was interested in that, interested in going to Wall Street. And we looked more like an industrial conglomerate than — RITHOLTZ: That’s where I was going to go. I was tentatively committed to go to Lehman Brothers.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 18, 2023

BARATTA: The media conglomerate? You saw it in the financial services sector. In 2006, ’07, ’08, you saw the financial crisis. RITHOLTZ: — firms or private equity firms? BARATTA: Yeah. The first job for Morgan Stanley was McCown De Leeuw. The first deal we looked at was in France. RITHOLTZ: Sure. RITHOLTZ: Yeah.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2025

To be sure, this wasn't simply out of the goodness of his heart; he made strategic investments that enriched Berkshire's shareholders. The investments included: Goldman Sachs: The investment bank that played a key role in the lead-up to 2008 received $5 billion from Berkshire in September of that year.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So you also mentioned you’re at the intersection of three businesses; education, publishing, and financial services that are all inefficiently run and deserve to be disrupted. And can we not say that financial services haven’t been wildly disrupted over the past 40 years? DAMODARAN: Has it, though?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Jefferies Financial Group Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF) ranks as Buffett's biggest winner of 2024. Shares of the financial services company have skyrocketed more than 90%. Declining interest rates have helped release pent-up demand for deals involving the company's advisory services. See the 10 stocks 1.

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